We all know the story of Cinderella pretty well.
After Cinderella's father remarries he passes away leaving her with
her evil stepmother and stepsisters. They then put her to work
making her be the servant in her own household. When an invitation
comes to the house inviting any eligible lady to a ball, Cinderella
attends, meets the prince, and the two marry and live happily ever
after.

It's a simple, but lovely story, and luckily for us
its told not once, not twice, but three times throughout
Fantasyland. Today we are going to be focusing on one of those
retellings. Just after passing through Cinderella Castle from Main
Street, USA you will find the following fountain on your left hand
side:

The fountain, named La Fountaine de Cindrillon, is
better known as Rags to Riches. As you can see from the picture
above we see a very simple Cinderella enjoying time with her animal
friends. This portion of the statue shows us the simple side of
Cinderella. Even though she has become a servant in her own home she
still finds pleasure in the small things in life. This portion of
the statue is the rags part.

So where does the Riches portion come in? It's
actually not part of the statue at all, but on the painting behind
it. As you can see from the picture above a crown is painted upon
the wall and if you look at the statue from a certain angle you'll
see the following image:

A crown placed upon Cinderella's head making our
favorite princess go from Rags to Riches. That's not all though!
There is more to this area than actually meets they eye. Let's take
a look at the first picture again to notice one small detail that is
often overlooked. In the bottom left hand corner is a drinking
fountain (or bubbler as we called them in Wisconsin).

The drinking fountain is actually set up very
strategically to go along with the storyline of the fountain. You
see, in the Disney world children are meant to be at the same level
as Disney royalty. At the same time, adults know better and know for
a fact that royalty needs to be respected. Because of this when
guests approach the water fountain for a drink two things can
happen. One; adults will have to bow down to reach the fountain and
in the process be bowing down to royalty. Second; children won't be
bowing but standing straight up keeping with the idea that they too
are royalty.

Not bad for a simple fountain! So where are the
other two Cinderella stories featured? Stop by a future Fun Find
Friday to find out!